The Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria, has asked the Federal Government to jettison its plan to ban okada in the country saying 30 million people would be rendered jobless. The organisation alleged impersonation by a faction which had held a meeting with officials in the the Ministry of Transport. The National President of ACOMORAN, Alhaji Muhammad […]
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A train travelling to Kano from Lagos derailed in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, in the early hours of Saturday. It was gathered at the scene that the train got to the terminus in Osogbo around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday and continued its journey but the accident happened at about 2:30a.m. On getting to the outskirts of Osogbo the state […]
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The House of Representatives says it will review the National Automotive Policy, in order to set an effective implementation framework and incorporate a number of suggestions offered by local automakers and other stakeholders in Nigeria. The lawmakers made the resolve as industry players in the automobile sector sought for a ban on importation of used vehicles through land boarders. Speaking […]
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The Federal Government has approved the temporary closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, with effect from the midnight of March 7. This is to enable the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to carry out a major rehabilitation of the runway at the airport. The Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, said in a statement on Thursday in Lagos […]
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The Federal Government will soon embark on biometric data capturing of all commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators in the country to check crimes perpetrated with the use of tricycles and motorcycles. The capturing would be done in collaboration with the Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners, Repairers and Riders Association of Nigeria. The National President of ACOMORAN, Alhaji Shehu Babangida, […]
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Many dealers of fairly-used imported cars otherwise known as “tokunbo” in Kano have resorted to other businesses since the Federal Government banned the importation of vehicles through the land borders. Some of the dealers said on Thursday that they found it necessary to shift to other businesses in order to survive the current economic recession. The dealers said that the […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the construction of additional 200 roads across the 20 Local Government Areas, and 37 Local Council Development Areas. This brings the number of roads to be constructed by Lagos State Government this year to 381. The Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State Public Works Corporation, LSPWC, Mr Ayotunde Sodeinde, an engineer, who disclosed […]
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For three consecutive days, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing and former Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, crisscrossed the six states in the South-south geo-political zone, assessing the state of the roads and monitoring progress reports both in the works and the housing sectors. Attention to details “If you noticed, for the first 20 minutes, I wasn’t […]
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Executive Director, SIFAX Haulage & Logistics Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, Major Henry Ajetunmobi (rtd), has lauded the new partnership between the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the enforcement of Minimum Standard of Safety and Road Worthiness (MSSRW) for all trucks entering Nigerian ports. According to Ajetunmobi, the standardisation policy has great […]
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The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), on Thursday, said corruption was omnipresent in the country with all segments being affected. He specifically indicted the Niger Delta Development Commission and the Nigeria Customs Service which he said are still enmeshed in corruption even under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Sagay said these in […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a fresh raid on a property belonging to the former Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko-Inde has recovered 42 cargo tricycles, 32-seater Nissan bus and other items. The seizures were made from a large warehouse located on Nnamdi Azikiwe Road Bye Pass, Kaduna purportedly belonging to a former Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs […]
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Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has launched the rehabilitation of rural roads with about 57.8 kilometres worth N1.7 billion at Ribah village, Zuru Local Government Area of the state. Governor Bagudu, who flagged-off the projects, on Wednesday, said his administration would commence new projects to ensure he fulfilled all his campaign promises. The rehabilitation of roads was from […]
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